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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

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Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

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Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.

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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.

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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.

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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.

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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.

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I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.

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I never think any place is better than others.

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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.

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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.

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China's culture and history are closely related to my living environment. This country is my birthplace. It is also where I grew up. Its culture and history shape my relations with family, friends, society, and daily life.

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If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or I am so charming. People feel: This guy is fighting for us.

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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

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